Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Gauri, Varun, 1966-
2. Brinks, Daniel M., 1961-

Description

1. xix, 363 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Human rights > Developing countries
2. Social rights > Developing countries
3. Law and economic development
4. Social legislation > Developing countries
5. Developing countries > Economic policy

Contents

1. Introduction: The elements of legalization and the triangular shape of social and economic rights / Varun Gauri and Daniel M. Brinks -- Litigating for social justice in post-apartheid South Africa : a focus on health and education / Jonathan Berger -- Accountability for social and economic rights in Brazil / Florian F. Hoffmann and Fernando R.N.M. Bentes -- Courts and socioeconomic rights in India / Shylashri Shankar and Pratap Bhanu Mehta -- The impact of economic and social rights in Nigeria : an assessment of the legal framework for implementing education and health as human rights / Chidi Anselm Odinkalu -- The implementation of the rights to health care and education in Indonesia / Bivitri Susanti -- Transforming legal theory in the light of practice : the judicial application of social and economic rights to private orderings / Helen Hershkoff -- A new policy landscape : legalizing social and economic rights in the developing world / Daniel M. Brinks and Varun Gauri.

Call number

1. JBE 08-1396

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. Courting social justice : judicial enforcement of social and economic rights in the developing world / edited by Varun Gauri, Daniel M. Brinks.

Imprint

1. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Connect to:

1. Contributor biographical information
2. Publisher description
3. Table of contents only

Added author

1. Gauri, Varun, 1966-
2. Brinks, Daniel M., 1961-

LCCN

1. 2008014565

ISBN

1. 9780521873765 (hardback)
2. 0521873762 (hardback)

Research call number

1. JBE 08-1396
2. Sc E 09-396